Lin-Manuel Miranda Gave The Commencement Address At UPenn

Get some advice from a Pulitzer winner.

"Congrats to the UPenn graduates today!" the creator of Hamilton wrote recently on Instagram. "How lucky you are to be alive right now." He also delivered a commencement speech at the university, which included a series of history lessons—some related to the birth of the nation, and some related to the origins of his own artistic career. Watch above; Miranda's speech starts around 2:31.